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[Logbook of the Saratoga (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Frederick Slocum, kept by Washington Fosdick, on voyage from 3 Nov. 1856-1 June 1860]

by: Saratoga (Ship); Fosdick, Washington, logkeeper

Publication date: 1857

Topics: Slocum, Frederick, shipmaster, Ashley, Abraham, Seafaring life, Whales, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Illustrations, Journals

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Journal, kept by Washington Fosdick, relating to a whaling voyage the Western Arctic, North and South Pacific Oceans; 1858 Dec. 13-1860 June 2; Includes pen and ink illustrations of ships seen, landfalls, volcanos, and whales seen and taken; Places seen include Mt. St. Elias, Middleton's Island, Ounimak Pass, Diomede Islands, Aitutaki (Cook Islands), and New Zealand; Repository also has microfilm of the log (Reel 17); Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Frederick Slocum, on voyage from April 23, 1857 - December 12, 1858 to the Kodiak, Western Arctic, North Pacific and South Pacific Northwest Coast, Gulf of California, Sea of Kamchatka, and Sea of Anadyr whaling grounds; Owner-agent: Abraham Ashley; Built New York, 1832

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library